CONTACT
lauragaiger @ gmail.com / Arna Industrihus, Fabrikkveien 20, Ytre Arna, Bergen
Member: Landsforeningen Norske Malere (Norwegian Painters’ Association) / Norske Billedkunstnere (Norwegian Visual Artists)
Instagram > @l.gaiger
Member: Landsforeningen Norske Malere (Norwegian Painters’ Association) / Norske Billedkunstnere (Norwegian Visual Artists)
Instagram > @l.gaiger
CURRENT/UPCOMING
SOLO EXHIBITION Tragedy of the Commons, Trøndelag Senter for Samtidskunst, October 2025
NBK Artist in Residence Programme Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, 2024
VISP Artist of the Month, June 2024
BOOK edited by Eamon O’Kane > download: Vitalistic Fantasies // Laura Gaiger
NBK Artist in Residence Programme Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, 2024
VISP Artist of the Month, June 2024
BOOK edited by Eamon O’Kane > download: Vitalistic Fantasies // Laura Gaiger
EDUCATION
KMD (Universitet i Bergen, Fakultet for kunst, musikk og design) - Master in Fine Art 2020
The Glasgow School of Art - BA (Hons) Fine Art: Painting and Printmaking 2016
Royal Scottish Academy’s John Kinross Travelling Scholarship to Florence 2016
The Glasgow School of Art - BA (Hons) Fine Art: Painting and Printmaking 2016
Royal Scottish Academy’s John Kinross Travelling Scholarship to Florence 2016
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Looking Heaven in the Eye, Muralverkstedet, Oslo, 2024
Anthroscaping, Kunstgarasjen, Bergen, 2023
A Time to, Muralverkstedet, 2023
Dinosaur Park, Nye Bokboden, Bergen, October 2022
Tipping Points, Grieghallen, Bergen, September 2022 (Exhibition and project in collaboration with NORCE/The Bjerknes Centre)
Kulturlandskap, Ål Kulturhus, May 2022
Common Land, USF Visningsrommet, November 2021
Allemannsretten: Exhibition for Nobody, Leveld Kunstnartun, June 2021 (as part of a 2-month residency)
Puncta, OVE galleri, Bergen, March 2021
The past and future are dreaming of each other, Galleri Fisk, Bergen, October 2019
SUPPERTIME, Laura Gaiger & Sarah Wilson, Crownpoint Studios, Glasgow, May 2018
Helping on the Farm, Unit 42, The Hidden Lane, Glasgow, December 2017
Interior Paintings, Motherwell Concert Hall and Theatre, August - October 2017
Lemon Yellow, Laura Gaiger & Sarah Wilson, The Old Hairdressers', Glasgow, February 2017
Recent Paintings, The Tontine Cafe, Glasgow, February 2016
Painting: The Plinth, The Plinth, Glasgow, October 2015
Anthroscaping, Kunstgarasjen, Bergen, 2023
A Time to, Muralverkstedet, 2023
Dinosaur Park, Nye Bokboden, Bergen, October 2022
Tipping Points, Grieghallen, Bergen, September 2022 (Exhibition and project in collaboration with NORCE/The Bjerknes Centre)
Kulturlandskap, Ål Kulturhus, May 2022
Common Land, USF Visningsrommet, November 2021
Allemannsretten: Exhibition for Nobody, Leveld Kunstnartun, June 2021 (as part of a 2-month residency)
Puncta, OVE galleri, Bergen, March 2021
The past and future are dreaming of each other, Galleri Fisk, Bergen, October 2019
SUPPERTIME, Laura Gaiger & Sarah Wilson, Crownpoint Studios, Glasgow, May 2018
Helping on the Farm, Unit 42, The Hidden Lane, Glasgow, December 2017
Interior Paintings, Motherwell Concert Hall and Theatre, August - October 2017
Lemon Yellow, Laura Gaiger & Sarah Wilson, The Old Hairdressers', Glasgow, February 2017
Recent Paintings, The Tontine Cafe, Glasgow, February 2016
Painting: The Plinth, The Plinth, Glasgow, October 2015
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Flokk Marked på CM7, Bergen, December 2023
Flokk på CM7, Bergen, June 2023
BLOKK Jubileumutstillingen, USF Visningsrommet, Bergen, July 2022
Liminal Spaces (Group Exhibition, curated by Eamon O’Kane and Daniela Quacinella), The Valletta Design Cluster, Malta, November 2021
Høstutstillingen 2021, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, September 2021
ANDIAMO, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, September 2021
Vignettes & Pathways, Crownpoint Projects, Glasgow, June 2021
Vinter Kunstmarked, Artfolk @ Kiosken, Bergen, December 2020
MA2020, KODE 2, Bergen, 21st August - 14th September 2020
Window Exhibition, Bergen (various locations, windows, gardens & balconies), April 2020
In 24 Hours, The Wall Space Gallery, Falkirk, April 2020
KMD MFA degree show, Bergen Kunsthall, 3rd April - 3rd May 2020 (Cancelled due to Covid-19)
Syndesgate 1b, Sydnesgate 1, 5010 Bergen, 31st May 2019
Make Me/Destroy Me, Group Exhibition, USF Visningsrommet, Bergen, 26th April - 5th May 2019
Kunstmarked, CM7, Bergen, 26th April - 5th May 2019
RSA Open 2018, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 23rd June - 25th July 2018
Glasgow Splash, Group Exhibition, Bella Juanita, Palma, Mallorca, 23rd September - 30th December 2017
Transmission Gallery Members’ Show, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, 9th September - 14th October 2017
RSA Open 2017, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 22nd July - 1st October 2017
New Scottish Artists, David Roberts Art Foundation, Camden, 19th April - 6th May 2017
RSA New Contemporaries, The Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh, 18th February - 15th March 2017
Pendolino Vol. 1, Group exhibition, The New Glasgow Society, 1307 Argyle St, Glasgow, 20th - 26th January 2017
Collective Memory: The Past and Future is Ours, Bushwick Studios, 28 Scott Avenue, New York, 1st - 2nd October 2016, and Celine, 493 Victoria Road, Glasgow, 15th October 2016. Curated by Anna Bauer and Céline Amendola (Glasgow) and Benjamin Lee Sperry (New York)
RSA Open, The Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh, 16th July 2016 - 30th August 2016
Painting & Decorating: Glasgow School of Art Degree Show, The Tontine Building, 20 Trongate, Glasgow, 18th - 24th June 2016
Painters Gonna Paint, Group exhibition (Curator/participant), The Tontine Building, 22nd March 2016
Construction & Destruction, Group exhibition, The Scottish Maritime Museum, Irvine, 30th May – 31st July 2015
Nepal, Studio Warehouse Glasgow, 22nd - 26th May 2015
Safe and Healthy, Group exhibition, The McLellan Galleries, Glasgow, 29th - 30th April 2015
Head (and other mistakes), Group exhibition, Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art, 28th February 2014
200%, Group exhibition, Reid Building at The Glasgow School of Art, 5th February 2014
Flokk på CM7, Bergen, June 2023
BLOKK Jubileumutstillingen, USF Visningsrommet, Bergen, July 2022
Liminal Spaces (Group Exhibition, curated by Eamon O’Kane and Daniela Quacinella), The Valletta Design Cluster, Malta, November 2021
Høstutstillingen 2021, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, September 2021
ANDIAMO, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, September 2021
Vignettes & Pathways, Crownpoint Projects, Glasgow, June 2021
Vinter Kunstmarked, Artfolk @ Kiosken, Bergen, December 2020
MA2020, KODE 2, Bergen, 21st August - 14th September 2020
Window Exhibition, Bergen (various locations, windows, gardens & balconies), April 2020
In 24 Hours, The Wall Space Gallery, Falkirk, April 2020
Syndesgate 1b, Sydnesgate 1, 5010 Bergen, 31st May 2019
Make Me/Destroy Me, Group Exhibition, USF Visningsrommet, Bergen, 26th April - 5th May 2019
Kunstmarked, CM7, Bergen, 26th April - 5th May 2019
RSA Open 2018, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 23rd June - 25th July 2018
Glasgow Splash, Group Exhibition, Bella Juanita, Palma, Mallorca, 23rd September - 30th December 2017
Transmission Gallery Members’ Show, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, 9th September - 14th October 2017
RSA Open 2017, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 22nd July - 1st October 2017
New Scottish Artists, David Roberts Art Foundation, Camden, 19th April - 6th May 2017
RSA New Contemporaries, The Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh, 18th February - 15th March 2017
Pendolino Vol. 1, Group exhibition, The New Glasgow Society, 1307 Argyle St, Glasgow, 20th - 26th January 2017
Collective Memory: The Past and Future is Ours, Bushwick Studios, 28 Scott Avenue, New York, 1st - 2nd October 2016, and Celine, 493 Victoria Road, Glasgow, 15th October 2016. Curated by Anna Bauer and Céline Amendola (Glasgow) and Benjamin Lee Sperry (New York)
RSA Open, The Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh, 16th July 2016 - 30th August 2016
Painting & Decorating: Glasgow School of Art Degree Show, The Tontine Building, 20 Trongate, Glasgow, 18th - 24th June 2016
Painters Gonna Paint, Group exhibition (Curator/participant), The Tontine Building, 22nd March 2016
Construction & Destruction, Group exhibition, The Scottish Maritime Museum, Irvine, 30th May – 31st July 2015
Nepal, Studio Warehouse Glasgow, 22nd - 26th May 2015
Safe and Healthy, Group exhibition, The McLellan Galleries, Glasgow, 29th - 30th April 2015
Head (and other mistakes), Group exhibition, Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art, 28th February 2014
200%, Group exhibition, Reid Building at The Glasgow School of Art, 5th February 2014
WRITING
Issue 3, Tonic Journal
Common Land (Exhibition Essay, USF Visningsrommet, 2021)
Puncta (Exhibition essay, OVE Galleri 2021)
MA2020 Catalogue
Common Land (Exhibition Essay, USF Visningsrommet, 2021)
Puncta (Exhibition essay, OVE Galleri 2021)
MA2020 Catalogue
PRESS
COLLECTIONS
The Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh
The Royal Drawing School at Dumfries House, Artist in Residence Collection
Private collections in the UK, Spain, Norway, the USA & New Zealand
The Royal Drawing School at Dumfries House, Artist in Residence Collection
Private collections in the UK, Spain, Norway, the USA & New Zealand